"Grand Valley offers all of the resources you need to complete coursework and know you are getting the most out of your higher education." - Mark Wilson '14, Tribal Councilor, The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

Experience Matters!- www.gvsu.edu/experiencematters, is a site where students write about their internship experience. While this is not an internship posting site, it does provide ideas of places and projects you may be interested in pursuing

Lisa Knapp or Rachel Becklin in Career Services are happy to help you identify or prepare to apply for an internship opportunity. You can schedule a one-on-one appointment by calling 616-331-3311. Lisa also holds walk-in hours in 225 LOH. Call Career Services for dates and times.

Talk to your peers and faculty

Your classmates who already completed an internship can often make great recommendations and referrals for internships

Many faculty members are connected within the community and may have ideas of potential internship sites

You will need to know your interning site supervisor’s contact information (email address, phone, and address)

You may request 1-6 credits for your internship. 1 credit hour is equivalent to 50 hours of work at your internship site. Please note, that 2 credits of internship are required for the Liberal Studies degree. You do not need to take more than 2 credits (even if you are working more than 100 hours at your internship site).

In the “Description of Internship” field, be sure to identify your key learning objectives for the internship. You may follow this format:

Please note you cannot access your form once it has been submitted. If you need to make changes to it, please contact Kate Fairman at fairmank@gvsu.edu or 231.995.1842

STEP 3: Register for LIB 490

Once you have submitted your Online Internship Agreement Form, it will be reviewed by your internship site supervisor and your faculty internship coordinator, Wendy Burns-Ardolino.

After Dr. Burns-Ardolino has approved your internship (based on the information provided in the Internship Agreement Form) you will receive an email indicating you are able to register for your internship “class”- LIB 490. Your section number will correlate with the number of credit hours you indicted on the Agreement Form.

STEP 4: Complete the internship

There is no “class” to attend- you will be learning on the job

STEP 5: Submit your LIB 490 Assignments

EVALUATIONS:

About 3 weeks prior to the end of the semester, you and your internship site supervisor will receive an email with a link to your online evaluation. Both you and your site supervisor must complete the evaluation.